Causes and Consequences of Chaos in Planetary Systems
Event Start:
2023-02-13T15:00:00
Event End:
2023-02-13T16:00:00
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Abstract:
Is the solar system stable? This question has garnered attention from a litany of famous scientists and mathematicians since Isaac Newton but was only properly resolved a little over a decade ago with the advent of computer hardware and algorithms capable of following the dynamical evolution of the planets for billions of years. We now know that the solar system will most likely remain stable for the remainder of the Sun’s main-sequence lifetime, though there is a ~1% chance that Mercury is destabilized and collides with Venus or the Sun.
Event Location:
HENN 318
Speaker:
Dr. Sam Hadden, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA)
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Event Start:
2023-02-13T15:00:00
Event End:
2023-02-13T16:00:00
Causes and Consequences of Chaos in Planetary Systems
Event Information:
Abstract:
Is the solar system stable? This question has garnered attention from a litany of famous scientists and mathematicians since Isaac Newton but was only properly resolved a little over a decade ago with the advent of computer hardware and algorithms capable of following the dynamical evolution of the planets for billions of years. We now know that the solar system will most likely remain stable for the remainder of the Sun’s main-sequence lifetime, though there is a ~1% chance that Mercury is destabilized and collides with Venus or the Sun.
Event Location:
HENN 318